According to Wikipedia “Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference, that is, the capacity to place oneself in another’s position.” With entire organisations working from home, business has abruptly entered uncharted waters. For most … VIEW
Whilst there is much data to ponder around COVID-19, there is little that provides guidance to leaders on how they can be most effective during this time. So here’s my view of two areas I think are of particular importance. 1. How to Lead your team through … VIEW
Grow the business whilst reducing your costs and making a positive impact on the environment. This was what we set out to achieve over the course of two days with David Gordon and the leaders of BAM Clothing via the Circular Design Challenge. What a fantastic … VIEW
For the weaker leader, a request for parental leave is a potential disaster threat to BAU as well as a potential minefield! YOU are not that leader. This is an opportunity to masterfully display your leadership skills, cement your team and take the opportunity to be … VIEW
A client was looking to appoint someone to scale their fastest growing business area and asked me “when is someone ‘ready enough’ to promote into a new Leadership role?” It got me thinking about what I’d seen and heard in my work with organisations around the … VIEW
Truly great leaders can transform lives and yet on the world political stage, many of the great offices of leadership seem to have been invaded by people more motivated by their own celebrity than in genuine service to society. Great world leaders like Jacinda Ardern are … VIEW
Individuals, teams, organisations (even countries) that grow consistently have one common factor – they are brilliant at change. They constantly confront their weaknesses, they recognise new realities early, they take risk and they let go of the past. Thriving Love ’em or loath ’em but this … VIEW
If you manage people, projects or programmes, I’m guessing that you would tell me that you do a pretty good job at it, that you stack up well against your peers and that you understand the business challenges you are trying to solve? Let’s face it, … VIEW
Last week I had the great good fortune to take a team of leaders from one of my clients on a field trip to visit the amazing team at makeitcheaper in London and what we saw literally blew us away The levels of passion, commitment, discipline, … VIEW
We all want to grow… To do so we have to change… But change is not easy! Growth. Everyone and every organisation wants to grow. It can be measured in many ways – sales, capability, efficiency – but the essence is the same, achieving more. What’s … VIEW